ASP MVC Display Templates

So I’m still working on the Live CV website I’m creating in my spare time. The idea is pretty simple: the web application will let users create an online CV. I’ll not get into the details of it until I’ve something more interesting to show.

Of course every resume needs a section on work experience and associated start and end dates. Now as a first step I’m just serving up my own CV before I get into all the exciting jQuery plugins etc. that I’ve in mind.

Here’s how to format a date using a data template.

Here we see that I’m passing a template to the Html.DisplayFor<> extension.

Now I added a DisplayTemplates folder to my shared views (you could keep this folder local to your current view if you wish, but I wish to have it used throughout the project). Add a Partial view.

Here’s the content of my Partial view.

Here’s the result.